Baking pan



M. J. HUBERT Aug. 4, 1931.

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BAKING PAN Filed Aug. 28, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Aug. 4, 1931 UNITED STATES mvm .1. Homer, or nA's'rnaurroN, xassacnusms BAKING PAH Application fled August 28, 1980. Serial No. 478,457.

This invention relates to improvements in baking, and has for its object to provlde a baking pan so constructed that long rolls to be used for Frankfurter sausage sandwiches 6 may be baked already split, or with a longitudinal opening.

Another object of this invention is to provide a baking pan for baking rolls having recesses into which a Frank urter sausage may be laid.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for baking rolls already split and without crusting the split surface.

With the above and such other objects in view as may herein later appear, I have invented the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my improved baking pan;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view;

Fig. 4 is a similar view with a water coil section removed;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 1;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Figure 1, of a modification; and v Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the coil used therein. 7

Figures 8, 9 and 10 are details illustrating a modification in the mold unit supports.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the following specifications and in the several views in the drawings, in which 1 indicates a baking .pan consisting of a series of trou h-like sections 2 connected to one another y clips 3 or in any other suitable manner. Ends 4 and 5 of the pan are provided with a series of aligning cutouts 6 and 7 to receive the arallel plpes 8 ofv the water circulating coil 9, which pipes 8 seat well down within the pan sections 2,

the upper surfaces 9 of the pipes 8 being located below the upper edges 10 of said pan 4 sections. Pipes 8 intersect at their opposing ends with transverse pipes 11 and 12, the

latter having a threaded opening 13 into which the nipple 14 is threaded, said nipple being closed by a plug 15 having an escape 4 safety valve 16 for the escape of steam from the coil. finger or Frankfurter r 1s 1s placed in the bottom of each of the an sections 2, after which the coil 9 is seate upon the pan. The pipes 8 seat upon the dough, which raises partially around said pipes 8, as indicated at 17 in Figure 5. The pipes 8 havin hot water 8' therein, prevent crustingo the dough bearing thereagainst, and the pipes form the split in the rolls, when cooked, said split being slightly greater in width than the diameter of the pipes 8 and of a shape to receive a Frankfurter sausage... I preferably make the lpsan of a size to bake about four dozen r0 or any suitable number which rolls may be made as individual rolls by spacing the dough apart in pan sections 2 or may be cooke in long str1ps and cut apart, as preferred. When the pan is taken from the oven and the pipes 8 of the coil 9 are removed from the pan, the baked rolls will remain in the pan since the width of the slit, as stated, is greater than the diameter of the ipes 8. The rolls will then be removed rom all of the pans ready for pack,- in after the pipes 8 have been removed.

11 Figures 3, 6 and 7, I show a modification in the invention, in which the coil 18 is formed of a single sinuous pipe line 19 the parallel portions 20 of which seat within the pan 21 and the arcuate ends 22 of which seat without the ends 23 and 24: of said an. Otherwise, the device is the same as in igure 1.

In Figures 8, 9, and 10, a modificationin the construction of the supports for the mold units comprising an L-shaped plate 25, arranged to project by one limb beneath the ends of the members 2 and secured thereto as by rivets 26, and with recesses6' corresponding to the recesses '6 in the other limb of the member 25. It should be stated that the length of the pipes 8, where they 'oin the pipe 11 and 12 is such that when t ey are put in place in the cutouts 6 and 7, they will not be moved longitudinally, whereby the rising of the dough will not be interfered with as any slight disturbance of the dough will cause it to fall, as readily understood.

The finished article, when baked, will be In using this pan the dough for be toasted or crusted, but formed with very thin, if an crust.

It shoul also be noted that the lon 'tudinal openings 2' permit the flow of the eated air upward between the pans, thus providing an evenl heated surface along the entire surface of t e dough 17.

What I claim is:

1. In a baking pan, means whereby rolls may be baked already split, said means con-i sisting of a coil, said coil being a water coil, said pan being formed in sections, a portion of said coil seating within eachof said sections.

2. In a baking pan, means whereby rolls may be baked already split, said means consisting of a coil, said coil being a water coil, said pans being formed in sections, a portion of said coil seating within each of said sections, in a manner, to allow the dough to shape itself partially around the coil.

3. In a baking pan, means whereby rolls may be baked already split, said means consisting of a. coil, said coil being a water coil, said pan being formed in sections, a portion of said coil seating within each of said sections in a manner to allow the dough to shape itself partially around the coil, said pan having its opposing end walls provided with cutouts to receive said coil.

means for steam escapement from said coil.

8. A baking1 pan consisting of a series of elongated U- aped members,.connected together, and a continuous, sinuously formed pipe having one section thereof seated in each of the U-shaped members.

9. A bakin pan consisting of a series of elongated U-liaped members connected together, and a continuous, sinuously formed pipe having one section thereof seated in each of said U-shaped members, and connecting tubes thereof seated outside of the pan.

10. A baking pan consisting of a series of elongated U-shaped members connected together, and a continuous, sinuously formed pipe having one section thereof seated in each of said U-shaped members, and connectin tubes thereof seated outside of the pan, sai coils arranged to convey steam to heat the same.

11. A bread baking pan com rising a series of U-shaped members latera y spaced from each other to allow heated air to pass upward therethrough, a pipe containing water in each U-shaped member for providing a longitudinal slit in the baked bread.

' MARYAN' J. HUBERT.

4. In a baking pan, means whereby rolls may be baked already split, said means consisting of a coil, said coil bein a water coil, said pan being formed in sections, a portion of said coil seating within each of said sections, in a manner to allow the dough to shape itself partially around the coil, said pan having its opposing end walls provided with cutouts to receive said coil, means provided for supplying water to said coil.

5. In a baking pan, means whereby rolls may be baked already split, said means consisting of a coil, said 0011 being a water coil, said pan being formed in sections, a portion of said coil seating within each of said sections in a manner to allow the dough to shape itself partially around the coil, said pan having its opposing end walls provided with cutouts to receive said coil, means provided for supplying water to said coil, and means for providing steam escapement from said coil.

6. In a bread baking pan, means adapted to be seated therein around .which the bread may form during the baking process, said means consisting of a water pipe, and a continuous coil to which said pipe is connected.

7. In a bread baking pan, means adapted, to be seated therein around which the bread may form during the baking process, said means consisting of a water pipe, and a continuous coil to which said pipe is connected, 

